Conveying device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorKatsuhisa Ichikawa
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Abstract
A conveying device includes: a first conveyance member that is provided upstream of the conveyance path; a guide member that is disposed, along the conveyance path, downstream of the first conveyance member in the conveying direction; and a second conveyance member that is disposed downstream of the guide member in the conveying direction and conveys the envelope guided by the guide member, downstream in the conveying direction, wherein the guide member has a flapper relief that has retracted away from the conveyance path such that a rise portion of the flapper generated due to the curve of the conveyance path passes through the flapper relief.
Claims9
A conveying device that conveys an envelope along a curved conveyance path, the envelope having a flapper simply folded, the envelope being non-sealed, the envelope having a side where the flapper is present, the side being in agreement with a conveying direction, the envelope having a front face where the folded flapper is present, the front face being directed outside the curve of the conveyance path, the conveying device comprising:
- a first conveyance member that is provided upstream of the conveyance path;
- a guide member that is disposed, along the conveyance path, downstream of the first conveyance member in the conveying direction;
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- a second conveyance member that is disposed downstream of the guide member in the conveying direction and conveys the envelope guided by the guide member, downstream in the conveying direction,
- wherein the guide member has a flapper relief such that a rise portion of the flapper generated due to the curve of the conveyance path passes through the flapper relief, and wherein, at the guide member, the flapper relief is shiftable in an elongate direction of the guide member.
A conveying device that conveys an envelope along a curved conveyance path, the envelope having a flapper simply folded, the envelope being non-sealed, the envelope having a side where the flapper is present, the side being in agreement with a conveying direction, the envelope having a front face where the folded flapper is present, the front face being directed outside the curve of the conveyance path, the conveying device comprising:
- a first conveyance member that is provided upstream of the conveyance path;
- a guide member that is disposed, along the conveyance path, downstream of the first conveyance member in the conveying direction;
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- a second conveyance member that is disposed downstream of the guide member in the conveying direction and conveys the envelope guided by the guide member, downstream in the conveying direction,
- wherein the guide member has a flapper relief such that a rise portion of the flapper generated due to the curve of the conveyance path passes through the flapper relief,
- wherein the second conveyance member includes a first roller and a second roller each having an elongate shape, the first roller and the second roller being in press contact with each other,
- the guide member and the first roller are disposed on a same side with respect to the conveyance path, and
- the guide member is supported pivotably around a rotary shaft of the first roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.